Tool-handle



(No Model.)

J. DONOGHUE.

TO0L HANDLE. 7 No. 355,150. 4 Patented Dec. 28 1886.

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MZ/%W7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES DONOGHUE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TOOL-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,150, dated December28, 1886.

Application filed May 1, 1886. Serial No. 200,892. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

it consists of a sheet-metal cap covering the end of the handle, andhaving a feather-edge extending inward around the tool-shank.

This improvement is especially adapted to handles of soldering-irons.These handles, being so much exposed to extreme heat, are soon badlyburned and rendered useless, thereby entailing considerable loss andinconvenience. To overcome this loss and inconvenionce, 1

construct the handle substantially as shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1' is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section, ofa soldering-iron, showing my improved handle.Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are views showing modified forms of securing theprotector.

A is a wooden handle, of suitable size. and form for asoldering-iron orfire-poker.

Bis asheet-metal cap, fitted to cover the end of the handle, and issecured by forcing o the metal into a groove, O, in the wood, in

each of the forms shown.

For further strengthening the handle, a strong wire band, D, may befixed in the groove in the metal,which also serves to firmly 3 5 holdthe cap onto the wood, so that in case the wood shrinks the metal capcannot slip off.

The wood has a hole made in its end before the cap is placed on ,audwhere the tool is attached the point of the tool is driven through the40 metal and into the wood. This forces the feather-edge b of the metalinto the wood down around the shank of the tool.

The cap thus forms a perfect protection to the wood against the heat andpreserves it 5 for a great length of time.

Having described my invention, 1 claim- The improvement in tool-handles,which consists in the combination, with the handle A, of a sheet-metalcap, B, covering the end 50 I of the handle, and a feather-edgeextending inward around the shank of the tool and se cured to the wood,substantiallyin the manner described.

